A More Perfect Union Documents in U.S. History, Volume 2: Since 1865

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ISBN: 9780618436842 | 0618436847
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 8/16/2004

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This reader provides a wealth of political and diplomatic primary source documents, including many selections illustrated with photographs. Each document is preceded by a headnote that places the document within a historical context. Headnotes conclude with Questions to Consider, which stimulate comprehension of the document and provide comparative analysis of related selections.

Reconstructing the Union
Unity: What the Centennial Ought to Accomplish
Subjugation: Address to the Louisville Convention
Minorities
Cheyenne Autumn: A Century of Dishonor
Catholicism in America: The Catholic Bishops on Parochial Education
Newcomers: How the Other Half Lives
From Another Shore: Congressional Report on Chinese Immigration
New South, Old South: A Red Record
Patriotism: The Pledge of Allegiance
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Bearing Gifts: Russian Jews
Closing the Doors: Immigration Act of 1924
Industry, Expansion, and Reform
Production and Wealth: Triumphant Democracy
Labor's Vision: What Does the Working Man Want?
The Lure of the East: America's Destiny
The Woman Movement: Address to the Woman Suffrage Association
The Big Stick: Monroe Doctrine Corollary
Industrial Blight: The Jungle
City Dangers, City Lights: The Spirit of Youth
The War for Democracy: Address to Congress
The Diplomacy of Isolation: Speech to the Senate
The Business of America: The Man Nobody Knows
A Sales Promotion Address
Crisis and Hope
American Earthquake: Women on the Breadlines
The Politics of Upheaval: First Inaugural Address
Need and Affliction: The Social Security Act
Organizing the Masses: Four Union Songs
The Rights of Labor: National Labor Relations Board v. Jones Laughlin Steel
War Aims: The Four Freedoms
Shattering the Axis: A Fireside Chat
Destroyer of Worlds: Hiroshima
Protracted Conflict
Rebuilding Europe: Harvard Commencement Address
Seeing Reds: Lincoln Day Address
A Question of Command: Address on Korea and MacArthur
The Military-Industrial Complex: Farewell Address
The Defense of Freedom: Inaugural Address
Blank Check: Message on the Gulf of Tonkin
Agony in Asia: A Time to Break Silence
Movements for Change
Desegregation: Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka
Saving the Habitat: Silent Spring
Nonviolence and Protest: Letter from Birmingham Jail
Women's Liberation: The Feminine Mystique
The Right to Vote: The American Promise
A Turn to Militancy: Black Power
Life and Choice: Roe v. Wade
Crisis of the Presidency: Statement on the Impeachment of Richard Nixon
Modern Times
Business Unleashed: First Inaugural Address
The Evil Empire: Speech to the National Association of Evangelicals
Response to Terror: The Bush Strategic Doctrine
Gay Rights: Lawrence v. Texas, Anthony Kennedy
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A More Perfect Union Documents in U.S. History, Volume 2: Since 1865

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